Waste-picking machine



1930. J. B. GILLIAM WASTE PICKING MACHINE Filed June 20, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 O 0 O O O O ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Feb. 25, 1930 i UNITESIATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES BQGILLIAM, on KANSASFCIETY, MISSOURI WASTE-P ICKING MACHINE .Applieatiim filed June ifo,

' This invention relatesto combing or carding', andflts general ob ect is to provide a waste picking machine primarily designed for reclaiming packing or waste removed from journal boxes of railroad cars, locomotives and thje like, and one that will separate .the short "or worn 'outfiber, grit, gravel, metal particles and other foreigirmatter'from the long fiber which can be reoiledand again used 1 for packin'g the boxes.

' A furtherobjectof the invention is tov pro vide afmachine of: the character set forth,

. thatperfor'msits function in an expeditious manner, is simple 7 1n construction,inexpen- 15 sive'to manufacture and eflicient in opera tion and service, I r, v I

' Thi's invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination andarrangement of the several parts,

to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings an'dspecifically pointedout in the appended claims.-

'In describing my invention, in detaihzreference will be had tothe accon'lpanying draw- :33 ings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,anjd in which: Y

'foi'ining the s'ubjectmatter of the present Figure 2' is taken'through. the machine and receptacles.

Figure 3 is'an end elevation of themachine. a

roller." Eigure plate? "7 ,7

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will 43. be noted that the machine is shown as being Y constructed from sheet metal throughout and includes a body 1 having secured thereto and depending from the four corners thereof legs 2. The bodyis substantially elongated and QjdIlClUdGS side and end walls indicated res 'spectively by the reference numerals 3 and 4., The bottom of the body is made up of a pair of outlet chutes arranged in spaced parallellism with respect to each other, as best i, shown in Figure 2, and'these chutes cachin Figure '1' is atop plan, view of the machine a longitudinal sectional View Figure A is a top planview of the toothed 1928. Serial no, 286,875.

top of the body and secured to the side walls and transversing' the body is a feed table 7 b which is disposed at an inclination and has formed with'its outer edge a horizontal flange 8 overlying the upper edge of the last mentioned side wall. and extending outwardly beyond the body as bestshown in Figure 2. Passing through the side walls of the body approximately midway their ends is a shaft 9which has its ends disposed in bearings 10 secured to the outer sides of the side walls through the instrumentality of'brackets 11. This shaft has fixed thereto a cylinder 11" which has secured to its outer surface and arranged in equi-di'stantly spaced relation with respect to each other, a plurality of teeth 12 arranged in parallel rows. 1

These teeth are all inclined in one direction I and cooperate with teeth 13 secured to and extending from a concave plate 14 which is shaped to follow the curvature of the cylinder and is secured to the side walls 3. The teeth 13 are also inclined, but are disposed at an inclination opposite to that of the teeth 12. I 7

Bridging the top of the side walls 3 slightly beyond the, central portion of the body is a vcross strip 15 which has hingedly secured strips 17 arranged on the inner surface of V r a I each of the side walls and which supports a similaiz-view of the toothed the cover in its closed position as shown. A

flat cover 18 is provided for the body and is they may be swung on their hinges as will be apparent. I a I g Securedto one side wall of the body are right angle brackets 20 which are adapted to support a motor having suitable connection with the shaft 9'for driving the cylinden 1 Disposed below the outlet i chutes are re ceptacles 21, one of which is adapted to receive the worn or short fibers and foreign matter, while the other receives the long fiber which may be reused. 7

From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be obvious that I have provided a waste picking machine that separates the short or worn fiber and foreign matter from the long fiber andin the operation of the machine, the packingyor waste is fed to the teeth of the revolving cylinder and the plate 14, and due to the'novel arrangement of the teeth of these members, they operate in conjunction witlreach other to set up. a combing or carding action, as the teeth 13 duringthe operation of the cylinder at a certain required speed, strike the material fed into the machine with great force, and with this force together with the ar rangementof'the teeth, separation of the fiber from each otherzandthe foreign matter therefrom. will be complete. In other words, the

action of the teeth will remove the short or worn fiber and foreign matter from the long fibers, and the short fibers and foreign matter ticles of dirt and dust from said material,

' as will be apparent. The teeth of the, cylinder have a, striking effect on the material which may be entangled or knotted, and this striking action tears the material apart and forces the short fiber and foreign matter through the openings in the plate 14', while the long fiber is carried or deliveredacross the plate, 14 to be deposited in the receptacle below thecover 1'8.

Any of' the long'fiber that may cling to the teeth of the cylinder will fall therefrom. due to the inclination assumed by these teethw-henthe latter are disposed above the last mentioned receptacle; J g

It is tho'ught'from the foregoing description thattheadvantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I'desire it to be. understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and'arrangementof the several spaced rows, a longitudinally slotted concaved plate dispose'd'in said body adjacent said cylinder, inclined teeth secured to said plate and cooperating with the teeth first mentioned,a feed table arranged at an inclination toward said cylinder and concaved plate, a chute disposed below said concaved plate, a chute arranged in parallelism with the chute first mentioned and disposed below a portion of said cylinder and receptacles for the chutes.

2. A waste" picking machine comprising a body, a toothed cylinder arranged in said body and having its'teeth disposed at an inclination with respect thereto, a, shaft, passing through said body and securely receiving said cylinder for'rotating the latter, bearings secured to the utersides of said body and receivingthe ends of said shaft, a toothed.

plate formed withslots andhaving-it'st'eeth' arranged at an inclination opposite from that of the teeth first mentioned and operating in cylinder, a curved cover hingedly secured; to said cross strip and overlying the, cylinder, a. feed table inclined toward the cylinder, a,

pair of chutes disposed below the toothed:

plate and cylinder respectively and a cover arranged above one of said chutes. 7

3. A waste picking machine comprising. a casing including side and end walls, a toothed cylinder mounted for rotation between the slde walls, and longitudinally spaced outlet. chutes in the bottom of the casing below and upon opposite sides of the vertical center ofthe cylinder, a curved plate spaced from and arranged concentric. with the. cylinder above conjunction therewith, a crossstrip secured to the top of said body adjacent the toothed one of the outlet chutes and having openings I therein, teeth extending. from said plate through the toothed cylinder and cooperating therewith, an inclined feed table disposedbe V tween and connecting the side walls of the casing and having its'inner end disposed at;

the upper end ofthe curved plate, anda cover for the top of the'casing, said cover including a hingedly mounted. curved section arranged concentric with'respect to the cylinder and. having its free end spaced above the inclined.-

feed table to provide a restricted mouth.

whereof I aifix my signature.

JAMEs- B. GILLIAML In testimony parts,provided that such changes fall within 7 V the scope of the appended claims. -What Iiclai'misr V 1. A waste picking machine constructed of sheet metal and comprising abody', a cylinder mounted for rotationfin said body,

brackets secured; to said bofdy 'to support a motor for rotating said cylinder, teethjform'ed with said' cylinder and being arranged in 

